AICE Media Studies Blog

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 To begin, I just combined the individual videos into one. Since I already had knowledge from the previous year, this was simple. The challenging aspect was having to overlay the noises on top of the video. Considering that I had some past experience with this, I believed it would be very simple. But things did not go as easily as I had anticipated. The sound would either be too loud or too low, which caused me problems. The sound of "Honey, dinner's ready" had to be played over the footage, I knew, and that was what I did. I naively believed that I could just silence the background video. But when the background noise disappeared and only the mother's voice could be heard, it came out as overly staged. I then considered turning up the volume a tad, but not too much, to provide some background noise while keeping the crowd from hearing me instruct the young lady. It was difficult for me to perform this, therefore it never came out right; instead, it sounded odd. I ask

 Finally, the filming phase was complete, and the truly enjoyable phase—editing—was about to begin. Since editing was one of my strengths, I wanted to sort of take the initiative. I nonetheless offered to divide part of the job with Mila. Mila also was eager to edit and we were both very good at it.  I believed that distributing at least part of the editing duties around the group was the proper course of action. In this manner, the end result would benefit from everyone's creative efforts and one person wouldn't have to accomplish everything. I needed assistance with a few of the final scenes, so we set to work right away. It was ideal since Mila already had the final two shots that included the young girl with the dolls. It wouldn't be a problem to try to send the videos over, which I have regrettably attempted previously. Since iMovie was the easiest for me to utilize, that's where I chose to edit. I could access it on my phone and laptop for free on my Apple devices

 The scene that had been delayed the longest was about to be filmed, and I was both eager and nervous for how it would come out. I know from previous experience that it can be challenging to get children to accomplish what has to be done. I used to babysit little kids, and it was far from easy. They would cry and make messes everywhere. They also have a very short attention span. I am very glad I am not the one filming this scene because I am not good with kids.  Nevertheless, because Mila has known the young girl for a long time, I had some optimism that she would comply. During this filming, the group was unable to facetime, so we spent most of the time texting instead. I texted Mila in the group chat on how it had to be filmed. The plan was for the camera to gradually zoom out from the toy-filled floor. She needed to have the little girl then pretend she heard her mom calling out to her for dinner time. Before the mom calls out to her, the little girl needed to be shown playing with

 The time to refilm arrived rather fast the next day. I waited for Violet to arrive at my house so we could facetime Dara and Mila. Dara and Mila had decided not to physically come to my place which was okay. Everyone joined the call at around 12:15, and Violet and I started getting ready. Filming could start as soon as the clothes, hair, and makeup were done. To record the scenes, I made the decision to support my phone on a tripod. Everyone agreed that it would work because there were no other group members there. However, issues emerged instantaneously. It was difficult to keep my dog out of the shots once he leapt onto the bed. There truly was no other way, and if he was shut out, his barking would disrupt the whole thing. Apart from my dog, our group and I all agreed that the tripod took away from the scene's ominous vibe. Everyone felt that when a person's hand was holding the camera previously, it seemed much better. The tiniest camera movement to focus on a particular p

 I was most concerned about the footage being deleted. That, regrettably, became my reality today. I had started editing the film and was feeling extremely productive and successful. But when I was in the middle of editing, my phone died. I quickly put it to charge, hoping nothing got lost. Then, once it started turning on, it randomly started updating. I tried to keep calm and hope for the best. Whenever I update my phone, my photos and videos sometimes don't save to my phone and disappear. It turned on and my worst nightmare became reality. I checked the editing app, to see if my progress had saved. A pop up displayed saying there was missing videos. I quickly open my photo and video gallery and my heart stopped. Half of the videos deleted. I contemplated what to text my group and told them the videos got deleted. Sadly, the scenes would need to be reshot because they were essential to the film. It was the moment when I was going to stab Violet while holding the knife in front of